Pyongyang Boasts Thousands Of Centrifuges
November 30 2010
North Korea says it is operating "thousands of centrifuges" to enrich uranium at a plant revealed this month, RTT News reports.
The uranium will be used at a light-water reactor currently under construction, according to the official state KCNA news agency.
The reactor is reportedly being built at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near the capital of Pyongyang.
Pyongyang maintains the plant, scheduled to be completed in 2012, is for civilian power purposes. Experts believe it is...
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